Hand operated load lifting device



July 21, 1931. BATES 1,815,825

H A ND OPERATED LOAD LIFTING DEVICE Filed Nov. 28, 1928 -2 Sheets-Sheet l July 21, 1931. J. BATES 1,315,825

HAND OPERATED LOAD LIFTING DEVICE Filed Nov. 2a. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 193i I I, V '7 ,EYPFAFTENJT OFFICE J l Jonni BATEs; 10F, nEAmviAnis, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA nnnnornnsrnn Loan LIFTING' DEVICE "js p ieati n fil ed Noye mber 2s; iazaserial N .'322,43o, and in Australia September 25, 1928. I

' Thi's invention relates to animproved. hand 'tothis invention, and especially adapted for operated load lifting device which has been ,liftingfilled oil drums and the like. devised for lift'ingand also for transporting, Fig. 2 is a planof Fig. 1. v, withfla minimum ofmanualeffort, general I Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device, efmerchandise of a; heavy nature,' such as filled showing same in a vertical position and with oil-drums, packing cases, and the like. i *an oil drumnttached thereto for beingele- I The inventionhas-been more particularly vated. c de i ed f -th o e of; handling drums Fig. 4 is a side elevation, showing the filled with petrol or. lubricating oil,.and is device and its load tilted slightly rearwards 1 especially suitable for ;use-in motor garages, to fenable its curved members to roll upon 6 servicestations, engineeringshops and the the ground and to raise the load bringing like, where it has'been found that filledoil the loaded frame into the horizontal'posis drums, such as those ,of 40,gallon.capacity, tion. l I w are cumbersome and difficulty'is experienced Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the e iniconveniently handlingsame' 1 loaded frame brought into the horizontal 5 I Moreover, by means of this invention,an oil position. I a d drumcan, with little manual effort, be ele- Fig. 6 is an endeleVati Il f F gvated from'a vertical to a horizontal position Fig. 7 is a detail plan view of the lifting abovethe'ground,enabling the contents theredevice. I oftobe'decantedand drainedwithouttheem- Flg. '8 shows the device in the loading'70 ldy t'of a p r'like decanting means, position for handhng a packing case, and v whichis necessary} when the drum'is-upended g 9 is a detall f View Of e e, oriisin avertical position; uponthe ground. showing same provided with a lip for s p -5-2The'iinvention resides in' the provision; of a port/111g 0116 d O a p g Case! I skeleton frameorload' support furnished at Referring more particularly to, Figs. 1, 2, 75

itstunder'side and frontfportion with curved 3 and 4: of the drawing, 1 denotes the side orar'cuate members which latter 'areadapted members-of a skeleton frame, i h e 4 to. have rolling contact with the ground, and hers consist of angle iron beams spaced apart by m'eans of afpairfofhandles se'curedto or by-means of concave bars 2 secured by bolts,

formingpart of the rear endofsaid frame, "3 to the side members of the frame. The so 40 and at -the sametime the load israised to when the latter is not in use.

the lattercan be readily rolled ortilted'over frame is furnished with a pair of handles 5 from-the horizontal intoa vertical position connected together by atrans'verse rod 6, against the loadtobehandledgl: d andmay be hingedly supported upon a'trans i. 1Su itable' means are provided for securing verserod '7, secured to the side members 1 of I 5 theload to-the frame,-w-henin thevertical the frame. 'The' downward pivotal move- J vposit'ionyand upon exerting rearwardfand ment of the handles, 5 is limited by lugs 8 downward pressure uponthe frame handles, bolted to the side members 1. By this arthe loaded frame is with little effort rolled rangement, the handles 5 may be thrown upor tilted back into-the horizontal position, wardly and forwardly to rest upon the frame I 9.0 the, height desired,fas the curved or arcuate When the frame is in the verticalposition, {members having rolling contact vwith the as shown in Fig. 3, the lowermost concave ground asfaforesaid, act as" movable fulbar 2 is adapted to be positioned under the .crums when leverageis applied tofthe frame lower rib a "ofthe filled oil drum A, so as;

4.5 fhandles. 5;; 'j; w to'support its weight during the tilting of *i'J-T-lIlBiIiVQIlfiOIl Wlll1t0W befully described the frame rearwards, as shown in Fig. 4,

;.. ith reference to the accompanying sheets both the concave bars 2 providing a support-v I .cfdrawing, I l i i ing cradle for the oil drum whenin its hori- F i l represents a sectional longitudinal zontal position, as shown in Fig. 5. GlQVflt QH afd ice; o str ct dc g AS shown in the drawings,theunclerside faces of the said members will have free, roll; I

' tornof the upended packing case to enable I and the forward portion of the lifting frame is provided'witha pair ofcurved or arcuate supporting members 9. The curvature of each supporting member 9 may take the form of a cam, or of an arc closely approximating to aquadrant, in order that the curved suring movements upon the ground.

The outer extremities ofthe curved mem- I bers 9are bent inwardlyin order to-be secured by bolts 10 to the/side members 1 of thefframe, and the inner extremities of the curved portions ofthe members are bent upwardly to provide straight portions 9 which are secured by bolts 10 to theframe mem-,

bers 1. llare transverse bars which are se cured to the members 9 to strengthen thelat- 116111 Diagonal stays 12 are :securedto each of the vertical, or straight portions 9 of the members 9 in. order toincrease the rigidity of same.

r 13' are inclined stays, the upperends of whichare secured by lJOltS'll: to the frame members 1,.and the'lower ends of said stays are suitably bent'in order to be secured by bolts 15 to the straightportions 9 of the curved members 9, and are formed with bearings 16 to supportan axle 17 upon which a pair oftravelling wheels 18 are mounted. A pair of legs 19 are secured'to the inclined stays 13 to enable the frame and its load to be rigidly supported in the horizontal position,as shown in Figs. .1 and If ole desired, legs or props 19 may be hinged to the front of the lifting frame to furnish additional supports for the load when elevated. 20. is a frame which pivots upon a cross bar 21 secured to the side members 1, and to which frame adog or hooked member 22 is adjustably bolted in order to grip the flanged endofthe oil drum, and to assist in securing the drum to the lifting frame the length "adjustment of the said hooked member 'per mitting it to be emjployedon drums ,of-different diameters. I In 5 the oil drum A is shown retained upon the lifting frame by means of a pair of chains 23, and wherein one end of. each chain is attached to an eye bolt 24, secured to. one of the side members of the lifting frame, the free end of the chain after passing about the drum being inserted and retained in' a sloted bracket 25, secured to the other side member of the frame. If desired the travelling wheels 18 may be dispensed with, when transportation of'the drum is not required, and infFigs. 5,6 and 7 the frame is shown with the wheels removed therefrom; Also in Fig. ifladj ustment bolt holes. 4 are shown formed in the side members 1 of the lifting frame to enable the positions of the concave bars to be adjusted relatively to the ribs a on the oil drums.

- In Fig. 8, the lifting frame is shown in'its vertical position and against a packing case tachably secured by bolts 28 to the frontends of the side members 1. The lip is employed to slide or to be passed underneath the hotthe lifting frame to support the weight of the case. When not required the lip 26 and the supporting brackets may be detached from the; frame by removing the bolts 28.

Chains 29 are also employed to secure the packing case to thelifting frame, said. c i being furnished with gripping hooks 30 which are used to retain the case to the frame. 'In operating the device, the lifting frame is brought into a vertical position and against the upended oil drum, packing case or load, as shown in Figs. 3 or 8, whereupon-the load is secured to the frame by the means hereinbe= fore described. The operator then grasps the handles 5, and exerts a downward and backward. pressure thereon, and if necessary, and in order to obtain additional leverage, stands; or exerts foot pressure upononeof the cross barsll, or upon the axle 17.' Y

A Whentilted approximately intostheposr tion indicated in; Fig. 4:,andf owing to, the rolling contact of thecurved members 9 upon the ground, comparatively little continued-pressureupon thehandles 5 is required to raise-the load by bringing the'loadedi frame into the position shown in Fig. 5 part ofthe weight ofthe load also acting as a counter balance to bring the frame into such position. The weight of the loaded frame is'then tranferred from thecurvedmembers 9 to the wheels 8- if a wheeledframe is empl'oyed' thusenabl-ingthe load to be transported as required. The loaded frame is finallyf'brought to-rest upon the front legs 19, or' upon the latter and the rear legs 19 enabling the oil drum, if such constitutes the load, to be conveniently decanted, Y

' I claim':'

1. Ahand'operated'load elevating cylindrical containers suchas oil drums or-the like having an exterior circumferential rib therearound, comprising a 're otangular frame mclud'ing spaced, longitudinally disposed side bars, curved members secured to the under side of said frame at and disposed rearwardly from the forward end of said frame and having-rolling contact with the ground, the forward end'ofsaid frame forwardly and upwardly unobstructed, and

a transverse bar adjustably mounted across and between said frame side bars spaced inwardly a distance fromthe frame forward end, said transverse bar shaped to over and around a cylindrical container and engage beneath the, exterior rib of such a container in 7 order to support the container when: being r elevated by the loadlifting' device to aboriliftingdam for zontal and elevated position on and with said frame. 7

2. A hand operated M lifting frame for elevating cylindrical containers such as oil drums and the like having an exterior circumferential rib therearound" spaced inwardly from the ends thereof, comprising a rectangu- I lar frame including spaced longitudinally disposed frame side members, means at the 7 forward end of the frame having rolling con- ,tact With the ground on Which the frame'is swingable to and from vertical container en- 1 gaging and elevating position, handle mem bers at the rear hand of the frame for swinging the same on said forward endmeans, and spaced transverse concave bars adjustably mounted upon said frame across and between the side members there0f,-the transverse concave bars adjacent the frame forward end 7 spaced inwardly a distance from such end and adapted to fit around a vertically disposed;

- container engaged beneath the container rib to supportthe container when being elevated and tilted by the load lifting device from Vertical to horizontal position, the frame and transverse concave bars forming a supporting horlzontal elevatcradle for the'containerin ed position. 

